Social lead Medium Rare

News Corp; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

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Job summary

News Corp Australia is seeking a Senior Social Lead to drive social strategy, ideation and hands‑on video editing across key CommBank content streams. This is a 12‑month max term contract with potential to transition to permanent.

The role is hybrid: set the strategy while directly editing assets for platform‑first cuts and reels using Premiere Pro/Adobe Creative Suite, collaborating with editorial, design and marketing teams to elevate the brand.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7 years of digital and social content experience within an agency, publisher, or brand setting.
• Proven Editing Skills: Strong proficiency with Premiere Pro or Adobe Creative Suite to produce polished, high‑impact video assets independently.
• Strategic & Creative Mindset: Ability to translate brand objectives into high‑performing social concepts across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok and YouTube.
• Creator & Talent Direction: Hands‑on experience sourcing, briefing, and managing creator campaigns and executive/talent direction.
• Strong Client Communication: Confident in client‑facing interactions, pitching creative concepts, and collaborating within a multi‑disciplinary content team.

Responsibilities

• Hands‑On Video Editing & Production: Directly edit existing long‑form video, podcasts, and C‑suite interviews into snappy, platform‑first cuts and reels.
• Social Strategy & Ideation: Drive creative concepts across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, turning brand strategies into carousels and native reels.
• Content Atomisation: Repurpose print, editorial, and long‑form content into engaging, platform‑native visual formats.
• Branded Packages & Creator Strategy: Source, brief, and direct influencers while collaborating with media sales on branded social packages.
• Cross‑Functional Integration: Work directly with editorial, design and marketing teams to ensure social content elevates the wider brand.

Job description

We are seeking a Senior Social Lead to lead social strategy, creative ideation, and hands-on video editing across key CommBank content streams (including Brighter, CommBank Connect, and Brighter Perspectives). This role is an initial 12 month max term contract with the potential to transition into a permanent position.

This is a true hybrid role: you will set the high-level social strategy while being directly on the tools cutting and editing video assets. Itʼs perfect for a seasoned agency social specialist who loves both big-picture creative thinking and the hands-on craft of editing high-impact video content themselves. This role focuses on strategy, ideation, and asset delivery; live channel management and performance tracking sit directly with the client team.

What You’ll Do

• Hands-On Video Editing & Production: Directly edit existing long-form video, podcasts, and C-suite interviews into snappy, platform-first cut-downs, reels, and video assets (using Premiere Pro, CapCut, or Adobe Creative Suite).
• Social Strategy & Ideation: Drive creative concepts across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube, turning high-level brand strategies into carousels, native reels, and static assets.
• Content Atomisation: Repurpose print, editorial, and long-form business content into engaging, platform-native visual formats tailored for social audiences.
• Branded Packages & Creator Strategy: Source, brief, and direct influencers whilecollaborating with media sales to concept branded social packages and dark posts.
• Cross-Functional Integration: Work directly with editorial, design, and marketing teams to ensure social content seamlessly elevates the wider brand ecosystem.

Who are you?

• Experience: 7 years of digital and social content experience within an agency, publisher, or brand setting.
• Proven Editing Skills: Strong proficiency with Premiere Pro or Adobe Creative Suite to produce polished, high-impact video assets independently.
• Strategic & Creative Mindset: Ability to translate brand objectives into high-performing social concepts across LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.
• Creator & Talent Direction: Hands-on experience sourcing, briefing, and managing creator campaigns and executive/talent direction.
• Strong Client Communication: Confident in client-facing interactions, pitching creative concepts, and collaborating within a multi-disciplinary content team

Why News Corp Australia

Join a culture where innovation is our operating rhythm. You’ll work on a diverse portfolio of Australia’s most loved brands and play a pivotal role in leading the technological shift in how we create commercial content. Our vibrant, hybrid work environment and dynamic, values-driven culture empowers you to push boundaries, collaborate as one unified team, and make a positive, measurable impact for all Australians.

News Extras Benefits is a commitment to our people for their valued contribution to News, our audiences, clients and communities.

Our benefits include:

• Exclusively ours - Access to publications and products from across the News Corp family

• Perks & discounts - Exclusive offers across a range of products and services that deliver genuine cost savings and benefits

• Health & wellbeing - Advice, support and facilities for healthy minds and bodies (including an onsite gym at our Adelaide, Brisbane & Sydney offices)

• Time off - News offers a range of leave options to support your personal needs and moments that matter in life: Parental leave, Birthday leave, Volunteer leave, Career break and Compassionate leave.

• Financial wellbeing - Support on making the most of your money

In addition to our perks and benefits, employees have access to a number of initiatives and programs that support their wellbeing and professional growth, such as:

• Helping you grow - Access tailored development opportunities, including leadership programs, to cultivate your skills and support your career

• Giving back - Make a difference to our communities through volunteer opportunities and company-organised charity drives

• Workplace Inclusion and facilities - Engage with your passions through various employee-resource groups and accessibility to multi-faith quiet rooms & parents' rooms

Who are we?

Medium Rare Content Agency is an independent, award-winning Australian content marketing agency working with some of Australia’s most prestigious brands, including Coles, Bunnings, Qantas and Commonwealth Bank. We develop cross-channel content strategies focusing on robust, long-term creative solutions that deliver measurable ROI to our clients.

Our team is dynamic and high-performing, and we encourage behaviours that strengthen and celebrate our unique culture. Our purpose as a business is "To make a real difference in people's lives through quality content that inspires action - for the everyday and lifelong decisions of our clients' consumers."

What’s next?

Category: Commercial Content

Who are we?

Medium Rare Content Agency is an independent, award-winning Australian content marketing agency working with some of Australia’s most prestigious brands, including Coles, Bunnings, Qantas and Commonwealth Bank. We develop cross-channel content strategies focusing on robust, long-term creative solutions that deliver measurable ROI to our clients.

Our team is dynamic and high-performing, and we encourage behaviours that strengthen and celebrate our unique culture. Our purpose as a business is "To make a real difference in people's lives through quality content that inspires action - for the everyday and lifelong decisions of our clients' consumers."